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Iraqi Counter measure and tactics against collation forces..
Some of interesting finds after the war..
Perhaps one of the most interesting finds during the 2003 OIF invasion of Iraq were examples of the indigenous hybridisation of the SA-6 round with the seeker section from the Vympel R-60 / AA-8 Aphid heatseeking air to air missile.
Some of interesting finds after the war..
Perhaps one of the most interesting finds during the 2003 OIF invasion of Iraq were examples of the indigenous hybridisation of the SA-6 round with the seeker section from the Vympel R-60 / AA-8 Aphid heatseeking air to air missile.
SA-6, SAM
Note the seekers they are same, The motives for this development effort were clear - Coalition jamming of the CW seeker on the 3M9 missile round during Operation Northern/Southern Watch rendered the standard missile round ineffective. The intent was to produce an electronic countermeasures resistant variant of the missile with infrared terminal homing rather than CW semi-active radar homing.R-60, AAM